Barrel-cleat.



L. i. COPE & A. F. ZINSMASTER.

BARREL CLEAT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 14. 1.9!5.

Patented Apr. 24, 191?.

INVENTORS WITNESSES ATTORNEY BRJEL-CLEAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. Ed, 1191?.

Application filed September It, 1915. Serial No. 50,652.

To all whom it may concem:

'Be it known that we, LESTER I. Corn and ANDREW F; ZINSMASTER, citizens of the United States, residing at Pittsburgh, in

the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barrel-Cleats, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cleats for barrole, and primarily tends .to relieve the barrel head from pressure at all times, but especially when the barrel is in an upright position.

Another object of the invention is taprovide a binder for holding the barrel staves in engagement with the head of the barrel, in conjunction with reinforcing the barrel cad.

, A further object is to devise a cleat which is adaptable for use on barrels of various sizes.

Other objects as well as the nature, characteristic features and scope of our invention will be more readily understood from 5 the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims forming apart of this specification.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a cleat constructed in accordance with our invention, illustrating the application of the same on a portion of a barrel,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of a cleat showing the same applied to a barrel, the latter being shown in top plan,

Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the cleat used in this invention, and

Fig. 4 is a modification of the structure an shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

v In the drawings, in order to illustrate the application -of this invention, a barrel 1 is provided, which is shown to be of the usual configuration. v

Qur improved. cleat comprises an oblong metallic strap 3, which has a portion intermediate its ends, and extending along the longitudinal axis thereof, depressed to provide a rib t, the latter being of a semicircular configuration in cross section and "capacitating as a means for reinforcing the strap and supporting the barrel head to relieve the latter of pressure, when the barrel is turned in an upright position, as

shown in Fig. 1. It is to be understood that the rib 4 is to be made any desired length, but terminating short of the strap ends. The opposite ends of said strap are sufficiently flexible to permit manipulation by hand,whereby said ends may be made adaptable for use on barrels of various conligurations and sizes. Each of the ends 5 1s provided with an opening 6, through which a securing element, such as a nail is adapted to be passed for engagement with the barrel 1. In Fig. 1 we have shown nails 7 passed through said'openings, in order to illustrate the application of the invention. The rib 4: is to be made of suflicient depth to insure contact of the 7 same with the supporting medium, when engaged with the barrel head, so as to positively relieve the latter of pressure when in an upright position.

In use, the inner face of the strap 3 is 7 engaged with the outer face of the barrel head as shown in Fig. 1, and the opposite ends. 5 of said strap flexed over the outer terminals of the staves, and into engagement with the outer faces of the latter. 0

The nails are then driven through the openings 6, in order to hold said cleat from displacement. In this position, it will be seenthat the rib 4 contacts with the supporting medium, as does also theportions of the ends 5 which are arranged directly over the terminals of the barrel staves.

In the modification shown in Fig. 4, sub- Stantially the same construction as that shown in Fig. 1, is disclosed, with the exception that the hoop 2 is engaged with the outer periphery of the barrel, in which instance the opposite ends 5 will engage with the hoop at substantially diametrically opposite points, so that the nails 7 will engage through said opposite ends 5, the hoop 2, barrel staves, and subsequently into the heads of the barrel. This provides a much more rigid structure, in conjunction with the other advantages set forth above for the cleat per so.

It will be understood that the above description and accompanying drawings comprehend only the general and preferred embodiment of our invention, and that various minor changes in details of construction, proportion and arrangement of parts may be made within the scope of the appended claims without sacrificing any of the advantages of our invention.

2. A barrel cleat consisting of a metallic strap for engagement with the head of the 0 barrel, the opposite ends of said strap being inherently flexible to permit engagement of the same over the barrel staves for securement to the latter, and a rib formed on said strap, adapted to lie' substantially flush with the portions of the strap, Which engage over the barrel staves for contact with the supporting medium, whereby the barrel head is relieved of pressure.

In testimony whereof We afiix our signa-' tures in presence of two Witnesses.

LESTER I. COPE. ANDREW F. ZINSMASTER.

Witnesses: I

F. W. SCHRANDT, I Gno. E. STEPP. 

